Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization Amends Specialization Standards for 2021

The Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (LBLS) announced that the Family Law Standards and the Health Law Standards and Health Law Topics have been amended for 2021.

All amendments were approved by the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) House of Delegates and Board of Governors at Jan. 23 meetings.

Family Law
An amendment to the LBLS Family Law Standards to add the topic of “Covenant Marriage” was approved. This topic may be included on the two part Family Law Exam administered every year in July and August. An amendment to clarify the required minimum professional liability insurance coverage of $500,000 per claim and $500,000 in the aggregate was also approved.

Download the amended Family Law Standards

Health Law
Several amendments to the LBLS Health Law Standards were approved. A health law applicant is required to have a minimum of five years of actual practice of law on a full-time basis before applying. The applicant also must have worked 35% of a full-time work schedule in health law in 48 out of 60 months immediately preceding the year of application. Amended requirements for continuing legal education programs to qualify for health law specialization credit were approved. As in the other specializations, the language in the Health Law Standards was changed from “Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education” to “Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee” in compliance with the 2018 revisions to the Rules of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Two new Health Law Topics were approved: “HITECH Act” and “Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA).” These two topics may be included in the Health Law Exam administered every year in July and August.

View the amended Health Law Standards   View the amended Health Law Topics

For more information or questions, contact LBLS Specialization Director Mary Ann Wegmann, (504)619-0128, email maryann.wegmann@lsba.org.